In the third minute, Wolfe stole a back-pass from a Leuzinger defender intended for goalkeeper Blessing Ngwa and knocked it into the net.

In the 47th minute, Wolfe ripped a free kick that Ngwa saved but could not control, and Jack McCracken pounced on the rebound and scored to give Mira Costa a 2-0 lead.

Genner Castillo scored in the 65th minute for Leuzinger.

Chris Hinz made seven saves for Mira Costa, and Garrett Grossman and Ryan Richards were stalwarts on defense.

“Grossman really keeps things together back there for us and Richards was great in the air; he won a lot of defensive battles all game long for us,” Mira Costa coach Gary Smith said.

With the win, Mira Costa stays within striking distance of first place. The Mustangs have another tough test on Tuesday at West Torrance.

“It’s our biggest win of league so far,” Smith said. “Someone had to knock them off. It’s a big morale boost.”

Also in the Bay League …

Palos Verdes 4, Redondo 0: Conor Burke had two goals and Jason Liehr and Adam Pack added goals for host Palos Verdes (10-6-3, 3-3). Matthew McNab made five saves for Palos Verdes, which had not scored more than two goals in a game before this contest. Redondo fell to 0-5 in league.

In the Marine League …

Carson 1, Banning 0: Sergio Guevarra scored in the 66th minute on an assist from Israel Miranda to lead host Carson. Jorge Herrera had five saves for his fourth shutout of the season for Carson (5-6-3, 2-1-3). Manuel Perez had seven saves for Banning (5-4-4, 1-2-3).

In the Ocean League …

Hawthorne 3, Culver City 0: Alexis Arellano scored two goals and Ricky Cuevas added another goal to lead visiting Hawthorne. Rene Reyes recorded three saves for his seventh shutout for Hawthorne (4-5-2, 3-3).

In the Pioneer League …

Lawndale 0, Torrance 0: Daniel Herrera made six saves to help Lawndale (6-2-3, 4-0-2) forge a tie and remain tied for first place. Phil Conde made four saves for his sixth shutout for Torrance (9-7-4, 3-2-1), which is 0-1-1 against Lawndale this season.

North Torrance 4, El Segundo 0: Andre Turoldo recorded his second hat trick of the season to lift visiting North (13-4-2, 4-0-2), which moved into a first-place tie with Lawndale. Turoldo has 18 goals. Junior Perez also scored for North, which rebounded from Wednesday’s 0-0 tie with Lawndale. Vince Paldino made three saves for his seventh shutout.

South Torrance 5, Centennial 0: Colin Mills, Jimi Duffin, Yuta Kaneko and Julian Sheu scored goals and visiting South got help from a Centennial own goal. Ryan Musick added two saves for South (11-6-2, 3-2-1).

Girls soccer

Peninsula topped visiting West Torrance, 2-1, in a Bay League match. Nina Hughes scored in the 75th minute after a long run to break a 1-1 tie. Kristen Vondrak also scored for Peninsula (15-3-3, 4-2). Catherine Freige had two assists.

Also in the Bay League …

Palos Verdes 3, Redondo 0: Elizabeth Caparis had a hat trick for visiting Palos Verdes (14-4-2, 5-0-1). Julie Calhoun had two assists and Laura Wann had two saves for her eighth shutout for Palos Verdes.

Torrance 3, Lawndale 2: Brittany Ortega scored with two minutes left to cap a rally for visiting Torrance (9-6-2, 3-2-1). Ortega scored in the 78th minute off a pass from Courtlynn Cerito – recently recalled from the JV team – to help Torrance, which trailed, 1-0, and 2-1. Ashley Whitlock and Kelsea Nash also scored for Torrance.

El Segundo 3, North Torrance 1: Halima Abdelshife, Jenna Rich and Leana Timoteo scored goals to lift El Segundo (12-4-1, 5-1) at North (10-10-2, 2-3-1). North’s Natalie Medina scored a goal in the first half to tie the match, 1-1, after North missed an early penalty kick. North goalkeeper Caitlin Scruggs made 10 saves.

South Torrance 12, Centennial 0: Tori Cooper scored twice and Ellen Vicelja, Jenny O’Connell and Sam Archambault scored their first career goals to lift host South (18-1-3, 6-0) over Centennial (0-6 in league).

Girls water polo

Colette Gulick had three goals and Cathy Broderick scored two goals as host El Segundo beat Peninsula, 6-5, in a nonleague game. Haley Cox made 13 saves for El Segundo (11-12), which led, 6-3, going into the fourth quarter. Natalie Hawkins scored three goals for Peninsula.

JC women’s basketball

Ryann Louie scored 13 points and Bridget Kadelbach added 10 points to lead visiting El Camino (9-15, 3-1) to a 64-42 victory over Compton in a South Coast Conference game.

JC baseball

Ryan Young earned his first college win by hurling 3 1/3 innings of relief as host Harbor beat L.A. Valley, 10-6, in pool play of the South Coast Conference Tournament. Francisco Sixtos went 3-for-5 with an RBI, and Marco Jurak went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Harbor (2-0).

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